Alan Lee (footballer)
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Alan Meggs Lee | |
| Date of birth | August 21, 1978 | |
| Place of birth | Galway, Republic of Ireland | |
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | |
| Playing position | Forward | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Crystal Palace | |
| Number | 9 | |
| Youth career | ||
| – | Aston Villa | |
| Senior career1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1995–1999 1998–1999 1999 1999–2000 2000–2003 2003–2006 2006–2008 2008– 2009 |
Aston Villa → Torquay United (loan) → Port Vale (loan) Burnley Rotherham United Cardiff City Ipswich Town Crystal Palace → Norwich City (loan) |
0 (0) 7 (2) 11 (2) 15 (0) 111 (37) 86 (10) 103 (31) 16 (3) 7 (2) |
| National team2 | ||
| – 2003– |
Republic of Ireland under-21 Republic of Ireland |
5 (0) 10 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Alan Meggs Lee (born 21 August 1978 in Galway) is a professional footballer currently playing for Championship club Crystal Palace. He also plays internationally for the Republic of Ireland.
He is considered something of a cult hero at Rotherham United, who he played for over a three year period.[1]
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[edit] Playing career
Lee began his career as a trainee with Aston Villa, turning professional in August 1995, although was never quite good enough for the first team at Villa Park. His league debut came after joining Torquay United on loan in November 1998, scoring three times in nine games. In March 1999 he joined Port Vale on a two month loan. He left Villa in July 1999 when Burnley signed him for £200,000. He moved to Rotherham United for £150,000 in November 2000 after a short loan spell. He scored 36 times in 114 games for the Millmoor side before moving Cardiff City in August 2003 for a fee of £850,000, just days after impressing Cardiff manager Lennie Lawrence in a goalless draw on the opening day of the season. Rotherham's manager Ronnie Moore prophesied that "Alan Lee can and will do better than Cardiff".[2]
He found himself struggling with injuries at Ninian Park and largely out of first team contention.[3] In January 2006 joined Ipswich Town for £100,000.[4] He scored his second career hat-trick in a 5–0 win against Luton Town on 29 October 2006. He penned a new deal with the club in August 2007,[5] but in January 2008 there was speculation of a move back to Burnley for £900,000 but the Ipswich chairman[6] and Alan Lee himself denied these rumours. He completed his his season tally of 12 goals with the winner in Ipswich's 1-0 win against Hull City on the final day of the season.
In August 2008, Lee moved again, leaving Ipswich for Crystal Palace for a fee of around £640,000.[7] In March 2009, he moved out on loan to Norwich City,[8] his spell lasting for the rest of the season. Norwich went close to signing Lee permanently six years previously, but lost out to Cardiff.[9] His performances at Norwich earned him public praise from skipper Gary Doherty.[10]
[edit] International career
An Irish under-21 international, he was said to have been overlooked whilst at Rotherham.[11] But was utilized for his country whilst with Cardiff.[12]
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Club career
- (correct as of 3 May 2009)
| Club | Season | League | Cup[13] | Europe | Play-Offs | Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | ||
| Torquay (loan) | 1998-99 | 7 | 2 | ? | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 2 | ? |
| Port Vale (loan) | 1998-99 | 11 | 2 | ? | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 2 | ? |
| Total | 1998-1999 | 18 | 4 | ? | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18 | 4 | ? |
| Burnley | 1999-00 | 15 | 0 | ? | 4 | 0 | ? | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | 0 | ? |
| Total | 1999-2000 | 15 | 0 | ? | 4 | 0 | ? | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | 0 | ? |
| Rotherham | 2000-01 | 31 | 13 | ? | 3 | 1 | ? | - | - | - | - | - | - | 34 | 14 | ? |
| Rotherham | 2001-02 | 38 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 41 | 10 | 0 |
| Rotherham | 2002-03 | 41 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 44 | 16 | 0 |
| Rotherham | 2003-04 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 2000-2003 | 111 | 37 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 121 | 40 | 0 |
| Cardiff | 2003-04 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 24 | 3 | 1 |
| Cardiff | 2004-05 | 38 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 43 | 7 | 7 |
| Cardiff | 2005-06 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 29 | 2 | 3 |
| Total | 2003-2006 | 86 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 96 | 12 | 11 |
| Ipswich | 2005-06 | 14 | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | 4 | 2 |
| Ipswich | 2006-07 | 41 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 44 | 17 | 3 |
| Ipswich | 2007-08 | 45 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 47 | 12 | 8 |
| Ipswich | 2008-09 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Total | 2006-08 | 103 | 31 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 109 | 34 | 15 |
| Crystal Palace | 2008-09 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | 3 | 3 |
| Total | 2008- | 16 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | 3 | 3 |
| Norwich (loan) | 2008-09 | 7 | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 2009 | 7 | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| Career totals | 356 | 87 | 23 | 33 | 8 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 389 | 95 | 29 | |
[edit] References
- ^ "Rotherham's cult heroes". Football Focus. 16 September, 2004. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/football_focus/3656894.stm. Retrieved on 2009-05-25.
- ^ "Lee hawks wares to Bluebirds". BBC Sport. 10 August, 2003. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/cardiff_city/3138173.stm. Retrieved on 2009-05-25.
- ^ "Lee urged to take Cardiff chance". BBC Sport. 19 September 2005. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/cardiff_city/4260638.stm. Retrieved on 2009-05-25.
- ^ "Ipswich sign Cardiff striker Lee". BBC Sport. 10 January 2006. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/i/ipswich_town/4588124.stm. Retrieved on 2009-05-25.
- ^ "Striker Lee pens new Ipswich deal". BBC Sport. 8 August 2007. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/i/ipswich_town/6930242.stm. Retrieved on 2009-05-25.
- ^ "Ipswich to get Quinn as Lee stays". BBC Sport. 21 January 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/i/ipswich_town/7199883.stm. Retrieved on 2009-05-25.
- ^ "Palace land Ipswich frontman Lee". BBC Sport. 30 August 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/crystal_palace/7585824.stm. Retrieved on 2009-05-25.
- ^ "Norwich sign Palace's Lee on loan". BBC Sport. 19 March 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/n/norwich/7952606.stm. Retrieved on 2009-05-25.
- ^ "Norwich keen on Lee". BBC Sport. 5 August, 2003. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/n/norwich/3126875.stm. Retrieved on 2009-05-25.
- ^ "Doherty hails 'hard working' Lee". BBC Sport. 14 April 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/n/norwich/7998475.stm. Retrieved on 2009-05-25.
- ^ "Moore backs Lee". BBC Sport. 19 November, 2002. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/r/rotherham_utd/2492859.stm. Retrieved on 2009-05-25.
- ^ "Reid and Carsley back for Irish". BBC Sport. 28 August, 2003. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/republic_of_ireland/3189863.stm. Retrieved on 2009-05-25.
- ^ Includes FA Cup, League Cup and FA Community Shield
[edit] External links
- Alan Lee player profile at itfc.co.uk
- Alan Lee player profile at cardiffcityfc.co.uk
- Alan Lee career stats at Soccerbase
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